The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-02
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
The Home Dramatic Club
in Saratoga.
MORRISON AND ALSBER6.
New Years Theatricals - Faust
and Marguerite and Not Guilty
General Notes.
AND ALSBERG'
MORRISON

The revival OF CdIatOSHi
liant society comedy in which the
Home Dramatic Club scored such a
telling success some four years ago,
drew out two large and fashionable a'a-
dierces at the Theatre Saturday after
noon and evening. The lower part OF
the house, on each occasion, was pretty
well crammed, the audience, as is usual
at such performances, tapeiing
gracefully to the top. Saratoga
is a well-written oomely, with
next to nothing as a basis, but
sparkling with wit and flowing with
bnmor necessarily. 1t is bumper of
champagne dramatized. 1t is intended
as a reflex of society life at an Ameri-
can watering place, and without doubt
"hoIds the mirror up to nature" most
admirably. Fashion, folly, extrava-
gan e, and the giddy whirl of p ca ure
Seeking are all shown in nauve hues
and tinsel. There is not an ounce OF
solidity in the play; the author
only aimed to amuse; not a parti-
Gle of sentiment unmiXed with
5, tire, or unplayed upon in some wa.
to excite r.u.Uule and laughter. But
such is society, also, at Saratoga, and
| the author, who yields clever pen,
| evidently knew what he was about
when he put the piece together.
| The leading character, Bob Sackett.
| who loved 70. wisely, but TO ur well, !"
| is a cleverly wrought portrait of a
tickle young society rake-n the word IS
not too harsh-Uh) falls in love with
every pretty woman he meets. The
acknowledgements in which this danger
GUS penchant involves him, form
the thread of the comedy's plot. Mr..
| Wells catches the authors idea to a
ricety, and I lays the part for all it is
worth. His makeup was fine, and IN
itself solved the mystery OF Sackett's
uniform success in love making. Jack
| Benedict, the second role, IN the hands
of Mr.. Spencer loses nothing, and in
acting and appearance heatqihlled, as
usual, every anticipation. His double
ON the Irish nurse was q neat bit of
character acting His local gags ON the
undiscovered tramWay" and the new
penitent: ary," always take moe readily
perhaps with certain element than
would illusions to recent events in
Beaver and Parowan.
Edith Clawson, as Ehie Remington
was all herself, as far as u h charact11
permitted her to he AS the gay, dashine
Young society belle, as much at nome
l0n the race course as in the drawing
room, and always up to "a lark, she
had no opportunity for emotional act
| ing, which is of course more parucu
Iarly her forte, but her versatility wa:
equal to all the requirements o.
1.-The Remington" and she scoreC
her usual mark of high merit
= l'Birdie Cummings was a charming
Virginia Vanderpool, and never looked
or played or dressed better, not even a:
Florence It. Vincent Browne. Mrs. 5
H. Clawson WIS thoroughly at home II
the part of the fashionable soclet.
woman, the Widow Aston; Miss Nv.
Clawson was delis htful Lucy Carter
her in5enue bits are very clever II
places, and Miss Hawley made {
charming Mrs. Gaylover for debut
ante. Her beautiful Song introduced II
the picnic scene-a most lovely scene b.
= the bye-won a well deserved encore a
both performances. Florence Whitne
! made very good Mrs. Vanderpool,
difficult ch; .cter for a young lady
- the Ii tie Gaylovers-JoSephin
- Wells and Maulite Cummings-wer
: ', rltable buds of beauty.
MIR. Cnmmi gs, the French artist
doubling with the elderly Mr.. Carter
the old husband of a young wife, di
some good acting, though a trif1e sloy
at times. Messrs. Young and Taylor
: as Remington and Vanderpool, brac
of parental fossils, appeared 10 thei
, usual good advantage. Vanderpool
J by the way, is one of MIR. TaylJ hes
oId-time bits. Messrs. White and Jen
nj rs made good team; Wash Youn!
aud J. Z Yourg did we'll with thei
limited opportunities. Mr.. Felt di
only fairl3-talk ing at times distinctly
out frequently bupgling his line;
q Horsley. Owen, Maltese, Ellis an
! Higgs app, AIRED as sable fragments
the Fifteen b Amendment, and create
, their share OF the popular amusement
:, The scenery and stage setting
. were fine, especially the al
gallery, in the first act. and th
plc-nlG scene in act third, to Whlc
reference has already been made. LII
r. first was by Lambourne, painted e.
pressly for Saratoga on its lnltl'
presentation by the Home Club, Ne
Years, 1882. The cast was IL some r
spects inferior to that of the origins
production, but the piece went Oft Wit
great smoothness and it is doubtful
it was ever more enjoyed. A specs
feature that should be mentioned WI
the costuming, particularly of IL
ladies. No company t at comes alor
this way ever spends anything like Il
amount expended by members OF tt
He me Club. Some of the ladies al
i, gentlemen made four and five change